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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Mar 23, 2021

Application Modernization and Rabbits

Niklas Heidloff

Managing a legacy monolith is like keeping a growing rabbit population in a crowded cage. Discover how to iteratively untangle systems into event-driven microservices without boiling the ocean.

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#1 about 3 min

Application modernization explained through rabbit habitats

Expanding rabbit cages into connected hutches illustrates the agility and efficiency of migrating from monoliths to microservices architectures.

#2 about 3 min

Five core strategies for handling legacy applications

Retiring, migrating, or refactoring older monolithic applications balances cost with the need for competitive software delivery.

#3 about 2 min

Comparing a legacy e-commerce application with modernized architecture

Side-by-side demonstrations of a monolithic Dojo toolkit application and a fully containerized microservices structure clarify the transition path.

#4 about 3 min

Taking incremental steps in an application modernization journey

Breaking a massive architectural overhaul into smaller verifiable phases limits operational risk and proves immediate value.

#5 about 4 min

Migrating monolithic workloads from virtual machines to containers

Tools like cloud transformation advisor automate the generation of container configurations and identify necessary code updates for modern runtimes.

#6 about 3 min

Decoupling interfaces and upgrading to open source application runtimes

Separating interface logic using the backend for frontend pattern and adopting community-supported software reduces licensing costs and simplifies scaling.

#7 about 3 min

Adopting the strangler pattern for initial microservices extraction

Incrementally peeling off high-traffic user flows from legacy systems preserves core application stability while scaling specific functions.

#8 about 4 min

Using runtime analysis tools to identify optimal microservice boundaries

Analyzing method invocation chains helps isolate standalone technical domains and prevents the creation of brittle distributed monoliths.

#9 about 3 min

Implementing event-driven architectures to decouple remote service components

Replacing synchronous rest calls with asynchronous messaging and database caching ensures separate architectural domains can function independently.

#10 about 4 min

Selecting efficient java virtual machines and reactive application frameworks

Adopting memory-optimized engines and reactive endpoints drastically reduces container resource consumption and improves high-volume request handling.

#11 about 5 min

Decomposing monolithic user interfaces into responsive micro front ends

Federated interface architectures allow individual technical teams to deploy specific graphical components without blocking broader application releases.

#12 about 2 min

Cloning and deploying the modernized application architecture locally

Accessing sample scripts and open source repositories jumpstarts practical exploration of containerized deployment models.

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